1881 census county

Gloucestershire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gloucestershire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

13,004 surnames are listed for Gloucestershire, covering 519,833 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Shipway, with 154 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gloucestershire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
601	Shipway	154	0.030%	14.53x
602	Agg	153	0.030%	29.19x
603	Cordy	153	0.030%	22.46x
604	Hadley	153	0.030%	1.96x
605	Hussey	153	0.030%	2.65x
606	Wathen	153	0.030%	19.84x
607	Atkins	152	0.030%	0.71x
608	Banks	152	0.030%	0.52x
609	Dark	152	0.030%	7.34x
610	Gibbins	152	0.030%	3.46x
611	Norton	152	0.030%	0.80x
612	Tudor	152	0.030%	3.94x
613	Ware	152	0.030%	1.61x
614	Bolton	151	0.030%	0.61x
615	Cripps	151	0.030%	2.71x
616	Head	151	0.030%	1.08x
617	Symonds	151	0.030%	2.19x
618	Turley	151	0.030%	4.89x
619	Box	150	0.030%	3.23x
620	Cousins	149	0.030%	1.45x
621	Greenwood	149	0.030%	0.33x
622	Pearse	149	0.030%	2.44x
623	Steele	149	0.030%	0.97x
624	Wicks	149	0.030%	1.85x
625	Yeates	149	0.030%	4.71x
626	Ashley	148	0.030%	1.54x
627	Cambridge	148	0.030%	8.44x
628	Hartland	148	0.030%	5.88x
629	Shipton	148	0.030%	6.24x
630	Addis	147	0.030%	7.50x
631	Luker	147	0.030%	10.03x
632	Weaving	147	0.030%	21.64x
633	Baber	146	0.030%	12.43x
634	Bowyer	146	0.030%	2.34x
635	Deane	146	0.030%	3.05x
636	East	146	0.030%	1.64x
637	Poulton	146	0.030%	3.17x
638	Walton	146	0.030%	0.36x
639	Crocker	145	0.030%	1.88x
640	Gerrish	145	0.030%	11.82x
641	Probert	145	0.030%	3.21x
642	Salmon	145	0.030%	1.11x
643	Wasley	145	0.030%	17.27x
644	Barker	144	0.030%	0.19x
645	Batt	144	0.030%	3.71x
646	Collings	144	0.030%	2.11x
647	Hardwick	144	0.030%	1.64x
648	Harmer	144	0.030%	2.54x
649	Minett	144	0.030%	13.76x
650	Witchell	144	0.030%	21.32x
651	Best	143	0.030%	0.93x
652	Cull	143	0.030%	5.01x
653	Halliday	143	0.030%	1.21x
654	Laurence	143	0.030%	1.76x
655	Malpass	143	0.030%	9.66x
656	Marks	143	0.030%	1.22x
657	Pearson	143	0.030%	0.21x
658	Wait	143	0.030%	4.94x
659	Wellington	143	0.030%	5.30x
660	Henderson	142	0.020%	0.23x
661	Simms	142	0.020%	2.18x
662	Boyce	141	0.020%	1.64x
663	Carey	141	0.020%	1.31x
664	Hillman	141	0.020%	2.86x
665	Moulder	141	0.020%	13.67x
666	Mundy	141	0.020%	3.32x
667	Burnell	140	0.020%	4.08x
668	Light	140	0.020%	2.65x
669	Paget	140	0.020%	4.58x
670	Woolley	140	0.020%	1.23x
671	Beale	139	0.020%	1.91x
672	English	139	0.020%	1.29x
673	Greenaway	139	0.020%	3.87x
674	Stacey	139	0.020%	1.08x
675	Hands	138	0.020%	2.40x
676	Huggins	138	0.020%	2.86x
677	Hunter	138	0.020%	0.23x
678	Tranter	138	0.020%	3.27x
679	Wager	138	0.020%	8.97x
680	Brice	137	0.020%	2.90x
681	Graham	137	0.020%	0.21x
682	Sargent	137	0.020%	1.55x
683	Tarling	137	0.020%	11.82x
684	Apperley	136	0.020%	21.10x
685	Batten	136	0.020%	2.57x
686	Rickards	136	0.020%	9.23x
687	Shill	136	0.020%	28.44x
688	Terrett	136	0.020%	31.18x
689	Buckland	135	0.020%	2.23x
690	Gillard	135	0.020%	2.71x
691	Randell	135	0.020%	3.78x
692	Selwyn	135	0.020%	27.04x
693	Vickery	135	0.020%	3.25x
694	Eyles	134	0.020%	5.07x
695	Ind	134	0.020%	25.66x
696	Hitchings	133	0.020%	7.52x
697	Major	133	0.020%	1.72x
698	Parrott	133	0.020%	2.04x
699	Pinnell	133	0.020%	15.73x
700	Ratcliffe	133	0.020%	0.84x